CHERYL SUMSION (soprano) has sung both as a soloists and chorister with several professional choirs, including four seasons with the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir in Toronto. She has also performed choral programs throughout England. Ms Sumsion performed annually as a the soprano soloist for Handel’s Messiah and has sung the title role in Handel’s Esther, as well as roles in staged performances of Handle’s Acis and Galatea and Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. Ms. Sumsion has sung on eleven commercial CD releases of choral and children’s music, and has performed in, or directed nineteen musicals. Her musical theater credits include leading female roles in The Gondoliers, Sorcerer, Pirates of Penzance, The Boyfriend, Oklahoma!, and The Music Man. She is an Honours Music graduate of the University of Waterloo. Her graduate studies include Baroque vocal technique and performance practice with Julianne Baird, and also includes work in vocal pedagogy and the science of voice production.